Music-holder



(No Model.)

0; E. FRENCH.

MUSIC HOLDER.

No. 462,122. Patented Oct. 27, 1891.

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4 UNITE STATES. PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE E. FRENCl-l, OF JACKSONVILLE, TEXAS.

MUSIC-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 462,122, dated October 27, 1891.

Application filed Jena 1. 1891. Serial No. 394,633. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE E. FRENCH, of Jacksonville, in the county of Cherokee and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Music-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in music-hold ers; and the object of my invention is to produce a simple and convenient musicholder which may be attached to any kind of a music-rest and which will hold the musicleaves so that they cannot be accidentally displaced.

To this end my invention consists of a musicholder constructed substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the views.

Figure 1 is aperspective View of the musicholder, showing it applied to the book-rest of amusical instrument andto a music-book; and- Fig. 2 is a broken perspective view of the base and support of the music-holder.

The music-holder is provided with a small semicircular base 10, which hasa small flange 11 extending laterally from its fiat edge to facilitate its attachment to the lower front edge of a book-rest 12. This base 10 is recessed in oneside, as shown at 13, and upon the inner edge of the resulting rim is aseries of teeth 14, which are adapted to hold the main portion of the rest in adesired position, as hereinafter described.

A support or standard 15 is pivoted centrally to the lower portion of the base 10, and this standard is provided with ashoulder 16, which fits upon the semicircular surface of the base 10, and thus serves as a brace for the standard. The standard 15 is also provided on one side with a notch 17 ,which receives a stud 1S, projecting from a shaft 19, which shaft extends transversely through the standard 15 and is adapted to turn in it as a hearing.

The shaft 19 is provided with milled wheels 20 at the ends to enable it to be easily turned, and extending upwardly and inwardly from the ends of the shaft are the spring-fingers 21, which are adapted to press upon the leaves of abook, which are curved outwardly at their upper ends, so that they will not tear the leaves, and which are coiled around the shaft 19 at their lower ends, as shown at 22, so that the coils will re-enforce the spring-fingers and increase their spring action. The fingers are pressed against the'book by means of a spiral spring 23, which is coiled around the shaft 19, one end of the spring being secured to the shaft and the opposite end to the standard 15, and the tension of the spring is such that while it serves to turn the shaft, so as to press the fingers against the book, it also pushes the shaft endwise, so as to bring the stud 18 against the side of the standard 15. A vertical movable slide 24 is dovetailed into the front side of the standard 15, and this slide terminates at its lower end in a pawl 25, which is adapted to engage one of the teeth 14., and at its upper endin a button 26, which is normally pressed upward by aspiral spring 27, so as to hold the pawl 25 in engagement with the teeth 14.

-When the music-holder is not in use, it is turned outward, and the stud 18, engaging the notch 17, will hold the fingers 21 away from the music-rest 12. When it is used, the musicbook 27 is placed between the music-holder and the book-rest and the shaft 19 is pushed slightly endwise, so as to release the stud 18 from the notch 17, and the spiral spring 23 will immediately turn the shaft so as to cause the fingers 21 to press upon the leaves of the book, as shown in Fig. 1.

By adjusting the slide 24. and pawl 25 the standard 15 may be held at a desired angle, so as to bring the requisite amount of press ure upon the book, and the standard may be adjusted according to the thickness of the book used. It will be noticed that the pressure upon the book is produced mainly by the spring 23, and consequently the fingers 21 may be made short andlight, so as not to obstruct the music.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A music-holder comprisinga base adapted to be secured to a music-rest, a standard pivoted on the base and having means for fixing its position, and a transverse springpressed shaft mounted in the standard, said shaft having spring-fingers at" its ends to press abook, substantially as described.

2. A music-holder comprising a base adapted for attachment to a music-rest, astandard pivoted on the base and having means for securing it in position, a spring-pressed shaft mounted transversely in the standard and provided Wit/11,3. radially-extending stud to engage a notch in the standard, and springfingers projecting from the ends of the shaft, substantially as described.

3. A music-holder comprising a semicircular base having a series of teeth therein and having means for attachment to a music-rest, a standard pivoted onthe base and provided with a spring-pressed pawl to engage the teeth, and a spring-pressed shaft mounted transversely in the standard, said shaft having end fingers to pressa book and having milled Wheels by which it may be turned, substantially as described.

4:. A music-holder comprising a semicircular base adapted to be attached to a musicrest, said base having a side recess and a series of teeth therein, a standard pivoted on 

